Religious heritage · Recife / Bairro do Recife

Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue

Jewish memory center on the site associated with the first synagogue in the Americas, with archaeological remains and historical narrative.

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Original Meu Recife editorial illustration — not a documentary photograph. · Meu Recife

Description automatically translated from the Portuguese editorial summary.

Historical and cultural context

Jewish memory center on the site associated with the first synagogue in the Americas, with archaeological remains and historical narrative. Meu Recife places the site within the editorial thread “Recife · Old Recife · Jewish heritage · Dutch period”. This reading first establishes the documented cultural role, then keeps it separate from mutable hours, admission and exhibition programming.

What to notice on site

Begin with these source-grounded themes: archaeological remains and interpretation. They are not a generic attraction checklist, but prompts derived from this specific profile's evidence. Notice how worship, artistic language and urban history share the same space, while respecting services and any restricted areas.

Relationship with the city and district

Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue is in Old Recife, Recife. The atlas connects it to the “Recife · Old Recife · Jewish heritage · Dutch period” circuit, grouping places by theme and geography without inventing a single chronology. Treat the approach, nearby streets and shifts in urban scale as part of the visit: they explain how the place belongs to this part of the city.

Verified facts

Every fact below is linked to this profile’s source codes.

Location: Old Recife · Recife
Listed address: Rua do Bom Jesus, 197
Documented focus: Jewish memory center on the site associated with the first synagogue in the Americas, with archaeological remains and historical narrative.
Evidence basis: Identity, location and cultural relevance are supported by primary evidence.

Original Meu Recife editorial copy based only on this profile's source codes. It does not reproduce third-party text in full or turn a community-guide opinion into fact.

Before visiting

Reference address: Rua do Bom Jesus, 197, Bairro do Recife, Recife — PE
Religious heritage: 30–60 min
What can change: Hours, tickets, accessibility and temporary closures can change. Confirm with the official source before visiting.

Getting there

Coordinates published by an institutional source

Reference address: Rua do Bom Jesus, 197
District and city: Bairro do Recife · Recife, PE
Verified coordinates: -8.061859, -34.871317

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